The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-03
RAILROAD RACKET.
The Three C's Moving-No Outside
Advice Needed-15,OOO Tons of
Steel Rails for the BlackviIle
and Newberry.

Col. R. A. Johnson, General Man
ager of the Three C's., in answering
some inquiries says, 4 am not de-
sirous Of having my communications
published and do not propose tc
write anything for that purpose.
Col. II. A. johnson says the Three
C's company arc investigating the
different lines in a manner which
they deem best for the interest oi
the company, and do not propose tc
depart from their plan even on the
advice of outsiders.
Track laying has commenced in
earnest at Camden on the Three Cs
road and is being pushed as rapidly
as sixty men and thirty cars will per
NIT. Capt. Ramsaur's engineer corps
is making the revisions between
Rutherfordton and Marion, getting
the line ready for the contractor
who will begin work at once. He
has been delayed on that work longer
than was expected but as soon as ii
is finished his corps will be sent to
johnson City to locate the line north
Three months of good weather will
complete all the grading between
Blacks and Camden, distance OF
l03 miles.
TIE contractor who is to lay the
ties and rails is pushing right ahead
wish his work.
The new tangled machine for lay
ing track did not work satisfactorily,
hence it was abandoned and the
work has been done in the old way,
by hand but It is quick work. We
understond that they can average
from one to one and one.half miles
per day.
Col. johnson says that the road
will certainly be running through
from Camden to Lancaster by the
first Of January next, and on to York
vile very soon threafter.
He also says that the road will be
in running order to Marion, N. c.,
by next summer in time to take all
the summer travellers to Asheyille
via the Western n. @. R. R.
The trestles on the Lancaster Di'
vision of the 8 C's four in all, are
now completed, and the two story
trestle over Bear Creek, on the Cam
den road, is quite handsome struc'
ture, with its many lateral and longi
tudinal cross braces.
BOOM IN LANDS ALONG THE THREE
C's.
In speaking of the boom in the
real estate market at johnson City,
Tenn, the Comet says:
The most important purchases
made lately were made by the New
South Mining and Improving Com
pany in the last few weeks. This
company is identified with the Three
C's road and is buying a large quan'
tity of land along the proposed
route and only buys where the Three
C's will run. Our people will, there
fore, he gratifed to learn that this
company now own from 300 to 500
acres Of lane in Johnson City and is
still buying. This fact alone ought
to satisfy the most skeptical that the
Three C's will come to johnson City.
Between $4,000 and 100000 arrived
in this city this week to be invested
in real estate. While great deal
of land is being bought for specula,
tive purposes the largest portion of
it has been sold to parties who will
improve it.
BLACKvILLE AND NEWBERRY RAIL
ROAD.
Col. Mike Brown returned from
his trip to the North on Saturday.
During his absence he bought fifteen
hundred ton of steel rails for the
Blackville and Newberry Railroad,
paying $4,000 in cold cash for
them. They were shipped on Friday.
AS soon as they arrive Mr.. J. H.
Burchhalter will begin to lay track
and before Christmas the iron horse
will make his triumphant entry into
Five Points.
BUYING A RAILROAD.
The Barnwell People says Col.
Mike Brown has completed negotia'
tions for the purchase Of the Barn
we'll Railroad and passed papers
with Mr.. Talmadge, its former Pres
ident. The great increase in his
business made it necessary that he
should own it and increase its facil'
tiles for bringing goods to Barn Sell
and carrying cotton off. Col. Brown
will take possession the first of Jan
uary. 1t is the biggest trade ever
made in this section by an individ.
ual, but Col. Brown is, in business
matters, as large as New Yorker
and continues to grow.
TEN MILES OF THE THREE C'S COM
PLETED.
Special to the Ne'cs and Courier.
COLUMBIA, October 28-Ten miles
of the Charleston, CincinRati and
Chicago Railroad. from Camden
northward, have been completed.
Railroad Commissioner Jervey will
inspect this section Of the Three Cs
tomorrow. After this inspection
the road will be ready for business
Commissioner Bonham is to-day in
specting the Cheraw and Chester